Mathieu Lehanneur

The French designer Mathieu Lehanneur s multidisciplinary practice embraces the fields of art, architecture, product design, and technology, blurring the boundaries between art and science. This monograph explores his philosophy through 10 chapters organised around the determining principles of his work, reflecting on 25 years of his practice.

With a wealth of images (some never published before) of preliminary studies and models, inspirations, renders, details, manufacturing photography, press clippings, and more, together with a complete and illustrated timeline of his work, this is the first and only authoritative publication on his work to date. Each of the 80 projects presented in this book is introduced by a unique insight into Mathieu Lehanneur s processes and his distinctive approach to design.

The book features a wide array of Lehanneur s work, from a church chancel to sculptures and contemporary furniture. With a foreword by Spencer Bailey, an essay by historian and curator Constance Rubini exploring one of Lehanneur s largest projects to date (the torch and cauldron he designed for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris), and an interview with writer and photographer Lucie Weeger, this book will appeal to lovers of design and everyone with an interest in the mechanisms of creation and the links between people, nature, and health.